Cutervo Province
| Cutervo Province | ||
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 Location of the province in the Cajamarca region |
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| Country | Peru | |
| region | Cajamarca | |
| Seat | Cutervo | |
| surface | 3,028.5 km² | |
| Residents | 120,723 (2017) | |
| density | 40 inhabitants per km² | |
| founding | October 22, 1910 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-CAJ | |
| Website | www.municutervo.gob.pe (Spanish) | |
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| Alcalde Provincial | Segundo Raúl Pinedo Vásquez (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 6 ° 14 ′ S , 78 ° 49 ′ W
The Cutervo Province is located in the Cajamarca region in northwestern Peru . The province has an area of 3,028.46 km². At the 2017 census, 120,723 people lived in the province. Ten years earlier the population was 138,213. In the east of the province lies the Cutervo National Park . The administrative seat of the province is the city of Cutervo .
Geographical location
The province of Cutervo is centrally located in the Cajamarca region, about 100 km north of the regional capital Cajamarca . The province extends in the west to the Peruvian Western Cordillera , in the east to the river valley of the Río Marañón (upper reaches of the Amazon). The Río Chamaya flows along the northern provincial border . Its right source river, the Río Chotano , flows through the west of the province in a northerly direction. The Cutervo River flows along the southeastern provincial border . The province has a longitudinal extent in the WSW-ONO direction of about 70 km and a width of about 40 km.
The province of Cutervo borders in the north on the province of Jaén , in the east on the province Utcubamba ( region Amazonas ), in the south on the province Chota and in the west on the province Ferreñafe ( region Lambayeque ).
Administrative division
The province of Cutervo is divided into the following 15 districts. The Cutervo district is the seat of the provincial administration.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cutervo, Province in Cajamarca Region . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
